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The Creative Spark

Adam Green teamed up with cognitive neurologist and neuroscientist Peter Turkeltaub, MD, PhD, of Georgetown University Medical Center, seeking interdisciplinary answers. Read More

Connecting the Dots: Dyslexia and Math

Why are children with dyslexia more likely to also struggle with dyscalculia—the understanding and manipulation of numbers? Read More

The Mind on Music

Researchers at Georgetown are studying how and why music is so neurologically dominant. “We want to understand how music resides in the brain and the body.” Read More

Kidney Cancer Responds to the 1-2 Punch

A new drug combination to fight advanced renal cell carcinoma, the most common form of kidney cancer, generated unprecedented results in an early-phase clinical trial. Read More

Musings on the Art-Medicine Journey

Our medicine-art journey begins in the mind, and so we open with a peek into the vast research underway across the university on neuroscience and the arts. Read More

Resilient Baby Brains

Newborn babies who suffered a stroke regain language function in opposite side of brain. Read More

Picturing the Future: The faces of medicine are getting a makeover

Medical student demographics are shifting. As recently as 2015, white matriculants comprised just half of the student body. In 2017, the American Association of Medical Colleges reported that for the first time, more women than men enrolled in medical school. Read More